As a "Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture" in Sichuan Province, Aba Prefecture means that in addition to the beautiful natural scenery, there is also a rich and colorful ethnic minority culture, and many people fall in love with it because of Tibetan culture. However, people seem to focus too much on the Tibetans, and Aba Prefecture, as one of the four major Qiang ethnic gathering places in the country, is also very prominent in Qiang culture.
Eat good food, traditional Qiang farmer feast
As mentioned before, in Wenchuan there is a primitive Qiang ancient village Dongmen Village, not only can see the traditional Qiang architecture, and even see the ancient Qiang totem, it can be said that it is a good place to appreciate the Qiang culture, but everything has advantages and disadvantages, too primitive after doomed to lack of commerciality, after all, Dongmen Village is too primitive, want to have a good accommodation environment is naturally impossible, and the best choice is to go to the Dalab Manor not far away, to feel the Qiang feast "harvest".
Although this is a restaurant, it does not mean that it does not have local characteristics, because the main Qiang feast "big harvest" here is not an ordinary dish, not to say how mountain and seafood, but because it is a terrible "big dish", the big is not another dish, when serving a dish, one person can't finish it, but two people need to carry a large bamboo plate with a diameter of more than one meter, and put a pork rib hot pot in the middle.
Around the wax steak hot pot is a circle of farmhouse dishes, what bacon, sausages, purple potatoes, yam full of a circle, is simply a gourmet feast, this dish is like its name, it looks like people can feel the joy of harvest. Although there are many dishes, my most recommended potato is actually potatoes, because the potatoes grown through the long sunshine environment of the highland area are very sweet and soft, and the taste is far more than other places, if you want to know how delicious it is, you may wish to come to the manor to try it!
Admire the ore, the mysterious treasure cave of the back mountain
After drinking and eating, it is natural to consume food, there are many entertainment activities in the manor, such as fishing, etc., but I have a more interesting place, that is, a special magical place hidden behind the Darab manor, this place is the ancient Qiang "treasure cave", which can be reached in a few minutes on foot from the manor.
After entering the treasure cave, you can find that the multicolored lights have been lit. Originally thought that this so-called "treasure cave" is a cave, but after you go to find that this place is not naturally formed, but artificially built, it is said that the treasure cave was built not for storage, but because this is the pit that was previously used as a mining mineral, although now the minerals of the pit have been mined, the pit has also been abandoned, but fortunately it is still preserved, plus there are a lot of colored lights installed inside to illuminate, and even a lot of artificial sculptures, so that the treasure cave looks very gorgeous.
In addition to the lighting effects in the treasure cave, you can also see a lot of ore fragments remaining on the cave wall, but these fragments are too small, basically do not have mining value, and some of the precious ore is preserved in the form of exhibits in the exhibition cabinet, although it is not sure whether so much ore is all produced here, but you can see so many precious ore at once, and it is also worthy of the name of the treasure cave.
In the depths of the treasure cave, you can also see some video materials and sculptures about the ancient Qiang people, learn more about the ancient Qiang sacrifice and other traditions, although the ore is very precious, but these Qiang traditional culture handed down from ancient times is the priceless treasure of the people of the Eight Classics, so this treasure cave is really a veritable "treasure cave".
This is the Dalab Manor in Wenchuan, Sichuan, not only to taste the authentic Qiang farmer feast, but also to appreciate the precious ore and ancient Qiang culture, it is indeed a good place to travel. Do you know anything about the Qiang? What do you think of this estate? Feel free to let me know in the comments!
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